Published: September 08, 2019
Wests great Robbie Farah bowed out as the Sharks completed the eight at the Tigers’ expense
And so it comes down to eight. It would be five if the NRL finals system was a meritocracy that awarded the minor premiers a week off, and those teams in second and third another chance while fourth and fifth face sudden death. That is how it was for nearly 100 years, but not any more and now there are eight.
For in these modern times the almighty god of television decrees that the more clubs involved in the finals, the more people will watch. Television, of all the “stakeholders”, is the loudest voice in the room. And the more eyeballs on its product, the happier the NRL.
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